persona

per·so·na  (pr-sn)

n.

1. pl. per·so·nas or per·so·nae (-n) A voice or character representing the speaker in a literary work.

2. personae The characters in a dramatic or literary work.

3. pl. personas The role that one assumes or displays in public or society; one's public image or personality, as distinguished from the inner self.

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[Latin persna; see person.]

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persona [pɜːˈsəʊnə]

n pl -nae [-niː]

1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (often plural) a character in a play, novel, etc.

2. an assumed identity or character

3. (Psychology) (in Jungian psychology) the mechanism that conceals a person's true thoughts and feelings, esp in his adaptation to the outside world

[Latin: mask]

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anima, persona - Anima is Carl Jung's term for the inner part of the personality, or character, as opposed to the persona, or outer part.

See also related terms for personality.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	persona - an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona" theatrical role, role, character, part personation, portrayal, characterization, enactment - acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture bit part, minor role - a small role heavy - a serious (or tragic) role in a play hero - the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem ingenue - the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play name part, title role - the role of the character after whom the play is named heroine - the main good female character in a work of fiction baddie, villain - the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
	2.	persona - (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world; "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty" image appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life Carl Gustav Jung, Carl Jung, Jung - Swiss psychologist (1875-1961)

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persona

noun personality, part, face, front, role, character, mask, façade, public face, assumed role the contradictions between her private life and her public persona

Translations

persona [pɜːˈsəʊnə] N (personae (pl)) [pɜːˈsəʊnaɪ]

1. (= character) → personaje m

2. (= image) → imagen f

3. persona grata → persona f grata
persona non grata → persona f no grata

persona [pə^rˈsəʊnə] n (= image) → personnage m
public persona → personne publique
to take on a new persona → se créer un nouveau personnage

persona

n pl <-e> (Psych) → Persona f; persona grata (Jur) → Persona grata f; persona non grata (Jur, fig) → Persona non grata f